St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-01

Wa W |V- considered guilty
and innocent by
turns, and of late the tide of current
sentiment had set decidedly in his favor,
but when court closed. last evening,
there had been reyulSion of feeling
and it was the general belief the
defense must make strong case to-day
to save the prisoner. The event of the
case thus far was the testimony of the
fOrger himself, and when he swore pos
itiyely that Knittle supplied him with
the famous monkey wrench, there was
a decided sensation.
THE CASE ITSELF
is simple one. and is merely queS-
ton OF who gave, at certain time, IN
certain Jail. to certain prisoner, GER
tain monkey wrench wherewth the lat
ter effected his escape. The point in
question. however, as to who passed
in the wrench, has given
rise to great deal of
of talk and indiscriminate accusations
against every official, directly or indi
rectly. connected with the case or with
the prosecution of public offenders.
The trial began yesterday afternoon
promptly at 2 O'Clock before Judge
Rea. Albert Knittle, tie accused, sat
just behind his counsel, Edward A.
Campbell and William H. DOnahue,
with very apparent indications of eX
him sat United States Marshal
a. B. Bracket, with Police Commits
sioners Baker. Hoy and Baxter. OPP
pOsite him sat County Attorney Davis,
with the detectives, Quinlan and King,
whose connection with the. case
is well known. The following
jury was empaneled: Baldwin
Brown, q. \. Latin. E. Z. Jorelemon,
Peter Y. Fraser. J. Ii. IIaSty, L. I. Bag
ley, Phineas Phelps, J. Z. Roberts. NJ.
c. Hayes. Z. ingalls,. \. Dale and c. A.
Canch. Mr.. Davis, in his presentment
of the case to the jury, took
at once the ground Of the guilt
of the defendant. and after giving the
history of the case, the attempt to
swindle Adam Hannah, the subsequent
arrest of Thomas b. Franklin and the
furnishing of the wrench to Franklin,
his escape and recapture. he said that
the trial, as it proceeded, would unfold
details and incidents. which from the
nature of the case had been
WITHHELD FROM THE PUBLIC.
He ended by saying that the only pos
Sible outcome of the trial would be the
ant. Matt BrOss, the day watchman at
the lookup. was the FIRST witness in the
case and testified to the reception of
Franklin. and the interviews between
knittle and the prisoner on the Sunday
following the arrest. He said that
knittle assisted Franklin once in COM
pany with an attorney named j. {. W0r-
raj, and once alone. c. W. Curtis was
next sworn, and proceeded to tell
the facts about his discovery
of the escape of Franklin,
Michael Quinlan and y. ". King teen
testified to being employed by the
county attorney to watch the lookup
and. if possible. to discover who was
trying to liberate the prisoner. A. G.
Humphrey, of st. Paul, testified
to selling the wrench to
certain woman and identified
Molly Clarity as the purchaser. Frank
Beard. his clerk. cOrrObOrated his teSti-
mOny. }. }. Ahern and Michael DAILY
testified to seeing Molly Garr;ty and AL
wrench was purchased. Molly Clarity
was then sworn and admitted buying the
wrench of \. &. Humphrey, at St. Paul.
l.. A. Dunn. the clerk of the municipal
court, testified to the examination of
Franklin and of his being bound over to
the grand jury. Adam Hannah testified
to Franklin's attempt to swindle him
and of his arrest and subsequent exam
ination. Thomas b. Franklin was then
sworn, and said that Albert Knittle
WAS THE NAN
who furnished him with the wrench
with which he made his escape. Court
then adjourned to o'clock to-day. The
court room was crowded all through the
afternoon and standing room was at a
premium. The probable outcome of the
trial was the principal topic ofconversa-
ton on the streets last evening.